Wikipedia is a popular source of information, in part because search engines prioritize the wiki in search results, says Gardere Wynne partner Peter Vogel. When will it become acceptable legal citation?

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I am far from an expert, but Wikipedia's llimitations are well known. It's reputation for accuracy is not the best, articles can be easily changed, and verification is lacking. Personally, I cannot imagine Wikipedia could be cited for anything other than basic information (information that can be judicially noticed because it's common knowledge) until those prolems can be corrected.

Thanks for this interesting piece. it should be noted that generally speaking, Wikipedia entries can be edited by anyone, either anonymously or using a pseudonym, which means that an entry might be modified by someone with an interest in a matter. This ability to edit the information is probably good reason to require corroboration.